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Mikhail Mukhin
M Mukhin 
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Number of games in database: 185
Years covered: 1964 to 1977
Highest rating achieved in database: 2420
Overall record: +59 -56 =70 (50.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (24) 
    B87 B44 B29 B41 B32
 Nimzo Indian (12) 
    E41 E46 E45 E54 E55
 Ruy Lopez (11) 
    C82 C91 C89 C74 C99
 King's Indian (9) 
    E93 E98 E63 E94 E92
 Caro-Kann (5) 
    B15 B17 B11 B12
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (5) 
    C91 C89 C95 C87 C99
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (38) 
    B93 B51 B84 B52 B97
 Sicilian Najdorf (14) 
    B93 B97 B90 B95 B92
 King's Indian (11) 
    E98 E81 E80 E92 E67
 English (9) 
    A15 A16 A14
 Grunfeld (6) 
    D86 D81 D87 D94 D91
 Ruy Lopez (5) 
    C64 C77 C95 C69 C91
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Mukhin vs Huebner, 1972 1-0
   Alburt vs M Mukhin, 1972 1/2-1/2
   M Mukhin vs V Liberzon, 1972 1/2-1/2
   M Mukhin vs V Zilberstein, 1972 1-0
   M Mukhin vs Savon, 1973 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   URS-ch sf Uzhgorod (1972)
   Sokolsky Memorial (1974)
   Burevestnik Championship (1975)
   Azmiddin Khodzhaev Memorial (1975)
   Sochi Masters-Candidate Masters (1968)
   USSR Championship (Young Masters) (1972)
   URS-ch qual (1974)
   Kazakhstani Championship (1966)
   Sukhumi (1972)
   USSR Championship (1972)
   Moscow Championship (1970)
   Czechoslovak Championship (International) (1973)
   13th Soviet Team Championship qual-3 (1975)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Sukhumi 1972 by WCC Editing Project


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MIKHAIL MUKHIN
(born Feb-19-1948, died May-04-1977, 29 years old) Kazakhstan

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Mikhail Alexandrovich Mukhin was born in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. He won the USSR junior championship in 1965.1 He was the Kazakhi junior representative in the <USSR Republics Team Championship 1967>, and played 1st board for Kazakhstan in two more USSR republics team championships in 1972 and 1975.2 In the USSR Championship (1972) he finished shared 2nd with Vladimir Savon and Gennady Kuzmin, behind Mikhail Tal, ahead of Vladimir Tukmakov, Yuri S Balashov, Evgeni Vasiukov, Semyon Furman, Vladimir Bagirov and Ratmir Kholmov. 3 His most notable international success came at <Sukhumi 1972>, where he finished 4th, behind Tal, Savon and Mark Taimanov, ahead of Alexander G Beliavsky, Kholmov, Jacob Murey, Lutz Espig, Robert Huebner, Karoly Honfi, Eduard Gufeld, Duncan Suttles, Hans Ree, Nino Kirov and Vlastimil Jansa. In 1974 FIDE awarded him the international master title.1

In 2011 Anatoly Vaisser published a biography of Mukhin entitled Unfinished Game, Unfinished Love... Mikhail Mukhin (1948-1977)5

Notes

1 Russian Wikipedia Wikipedia article: Мухин, Михаил Александрович

2 Olimpbase http://www.olimpbase.org/1967st/196... http://www.olimpbase.org/1972st/197... http://www.olimpbase.org/1975st/197...

3 Bernard Cafferty and Mark Taimanov, "The Soviet Championships" (Cadogen 1998), pp.157-159

4 Rusbase [rusbase-1]

5 http://www.chessbookshop.com/katalo...

Wikipedia article: Mikhail Mukhin

Last updated: 2022-02-19 17:07:19

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 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 199  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Suetin vs M Mukhin  1-0451964URS-ch sf MinskC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
2. A Ufimtsev vs M Mukhin  0-1411966Kazakhstani ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
3. M Mukhin vs Antoshin  1-0441966Kazakhstani ChampionshipB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
4. V Seredenko vs M Mukhin  0-1401966Kazakhstani ChampionshipE58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3
5. A Chistiakov vs M Mukhin  1-0421966Leningrad Masters-Candidate MastersA35 English, Symmetrical
6. M Mukhin vs M Noakh 0-1741966Leningrad Masters-Candidate MastersC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
7. M Mukhin vs K Grigorian  1-0331967Junior Qualification Tournament - semifinal-2B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
8. M Mukhin vs T Georgadze  1-0381967Junior Qualification Tournament - semifinal-2B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto
9. M Steinberg vs M Mukhin  1-0381967Junior Qualification Tournament - semifinal-2E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
10. M Mukhin vs V Adler  ½-½41196710th Soviet Team Championship qual-2B32 Sicilian
11. Kupreichik vs M Mukhin  0-154196710th Soviet Team Championship qual-2C77 Ruy Lopez
12. M Yudovich Jr vs M Mukhin  1-0361968Sochi Masters-Candidate MastersA14 English
13. M Mukhin vs I Vatnikov  1-0391968Sochi Masters-Candidate MastersC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
14. Razuvaev vs M Mukhin  1-0411968Sochi Masters-Candidate MastersD61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
15. M Mukhin vs Feldman  1-0311968Sochi Masters-Candidate MastersB98 Sicilian, Najdorf
16. M Mukhin vs V Lepeshkin  ½-½471968Sochi Masters-Candidate MastersB83 Sicilian
17. Antoshin vs M Mukhin  1-0541969LeningradE92 King's Indian
18. Y Kotkov vs M Mukhin  0-1531970Moscow ChampionshipB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
19. M Mukhin vs O Moiseev  0-1321970Moscow ChampionshipB41 Sicilian, Kan
20. Kholmov vs M Mukhin  0-1401970Moscow ChampionshipB50 Sicilian
21. M Mukhin vs Alburt  0-1241971URS-ch Young MastersD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
22. M Mukhin vs I Radashkovich  1-0251971URS-ch Young MastersC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
23. Kupreichik vs M Mukhin ½-½381972URS-ch sf UzhgorodB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
24. Kupreichik vs M Mukhin  1-0371972USSR Championship (Young Masters)B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
25. M Mukhin vs M Podgaets 0-1371972USSR Championship (Young Masters)E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-09-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: It's been a good many years now, but Mikhail Mukhin was another promising young Soviet master who, if my memory hasn't totally failed me, passed on at a very early age, through illness.
Apr-09-07  Ziggurat: <perfidious> Thanks for this information.
Sep-17-07  percyblakeney: Mukhin had a couple of good results in 1972, first he participated in Suchumi and was leading after ten rounds, ahead of a field containing among others Tal, Taimanov and Savon. He ended up fourth (Tal won), but had players like Kholmov, Hübner and Gufeld 2-3 points behind.

A few months later he was one of the 22 players in the Soviet Championship in Baku. Once again Tal won, and Mukhin shared third (0.5 from second) after beating Bronstein and going +4. He didn't play any tournaments on the same level in his final years, and died at the age of 29 in 1977.

Sep-17-07  whiteshark: My guess is that these players are identical:
Mikhail A Mukhin and Evgeny Mukhin

In the enourmous database there were a lot of Mukhin dublets, only differing in the first name.

May-24-14  siggemannen: Does anyone know details regarding his illness? He seemed promising indeed.
Jun-24-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  WCC Editing Project:

Rafael Vaganian (white) vs Mikhail A Mukhin (black)

<USSR Republics Team Championship>

Armenia vs Kazakhstan
Moscow URS, 9th March 1972
12th Soviet TCh final B, round 2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. h4 Bf7 18. Nf4 Rc8 19. Kh1 Qc7 20. Qe1 Nc4 21. Qg3 b5 22. Re1 a6 23. e5 Nxe5 24. Bf5 Kh8 25. h5 g5 26. Nh3 Bxd5 27. Nxg5 e6 28. Nxh7 exf5 29. Nxf6 Nxf3 30. Bg7 Qxg7 31. Qxg7 Kxg7 32. Nxe8 Kf8 33. h6 Bg8 0-1

-Olimpbase http://www.olimpbase.org/pgn4web/an...

Jun-26-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  WCC Editing Project:

<whiteshark>

Mikhail A Mukhin and Evgeny Mukhin are definitely different players.

At the <USSR Republics Team Championship 1972>, Mikhail Mukhin played for Kazakhstan and Evgeny Mukhin played for Uzbekistan.

You can see them both here in the player list from this event:

http://www.olimpbase.org/1972st/197...

Jul-27-17  Eagle41257: He suffered from this illness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immun...
Feb-19-19  wordfunph: too young at 29, rest in peace IM Mukhin..

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